Month: February 2008
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DOB Cracks Down
One would like to give DOB the benefit of the doubt and assume that the crack down on self-certification is good news. But this is an issue that has been front and center in North Brooklyn for years, with no discernible action from DOB. Likewise on the issue of after hours and weekend work. The…
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Harvey (and Houck) House
Photo: Fred Conrad, NYT One of my favorite Williamsburg rehabs get the Home & Garden treatment in today’s Times.
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Pie ‘n’ Thighs Coming Back
Via Eater, word that Pies ‘n’ Thighs is set to open new digs at South 4th and Driggs. CB1 approved the transfer of the liquor license last night, so all that remains is build the place. Please build fast.
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Isaac Abraham Enters Council Race
The race for David Yassky’s 33rd District Council seat gets more crowded (and the demographics more confusing) with the entry of Hasidic businessman and activist Isaac Abraham into the race.
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340 Days
Heckuva a job, Bushie: After downplaying the risks for months, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will rush to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of roughly 35,000 government-issued trailers because tests found dangerous levels of formaldehyde fumes… Louisiana has 25,162 occupied FEMA trailers and mobile homes, while Mississippi has 10,362, according to…
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341 Days
Upholding the rule of law: [Attorney General] Michael Mukasey said today that if Congress passed contempt citations against current and former White House officials based on their refusal to respond to subpoenas, the Justice Department would not enforce them, as federal law instructs. [Emphasis added]
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342 Days
Fiscal conservatism: The federal budget deficit is running at a pace that is more than double last year’s imbalance through the first four months of the budget year… The Bush administration sent its final budget request to Congress last week, projecting that the deficit for all of 2008 will total $410 billion, very close to…
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I Guess Its How You Define Contextual
The Oliver (Photo via GL) KSQ Architects’ new design for 360 Smith Street (now called “The Oliver”) is certainly very nice. Unlike the previous architect, the Westchester/Tulsa (Tulsa?!)-based firm uses more traditional materials (though in non-traditional ways – it sounds as though they are talking about terra-cotta rain screens, not brick walls). While the design…
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343 Days
The Army is suppressing an unclassified report critical of the execution of the Iraq war. A review of the lengthy report […] shows that it identified problems with nearly every organization that had a role in planning the war. They could have saved a lot of paper by just printing a list of Bush administration…